Bag-filler



(No Model.)

J. W. DAVIDSON. BAG FILLER.

No. 571,513. Patented Nov. 17, 1896.

W ignes'ses. Inventor.

/4M Attorney.

N ITED JAMES \V. DAVIDSON, OF SYRACUSE, NEXV YORK.

BAG-FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,513, dated November17, 1896.

Application filed March 18 l 8 9 6.

- the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inBag-Fillers, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to bag-fillers, and the object is to provide meanswhereby a large bag or grain-sack may be filled more quickly and easilyby a single person.

Heretofore bag-fillers have been made similar to ordinary scoops, thatis, cut away at the mouth and on the upper side, so that the upper sidewas much shorter than the lower side or bottom side. For this reasonsuch bag-fillers were incapable of holding a sufficient quantity ofgrain at one time to fill a grain sack or bag, and it was necessary tooperate the filler or scoop several times in order to fill a single bag.A bag-filler of this class is forced into the pile of grain when in ahorizontal position until it is full, and then raised to an uprightposition. When raised to an upright position, a large quantity would bespilled out on the side cut away, leaving an insufficient quantity inthe filler to fill the bag. This is avoided in my filler by making thefiller of equal length on all sides, or the same length on the upperside as on the lower side, and sufficient grain is retainedin the fillerto completely fill the bag without operating the filler the second time.

To this end my invention consists in the combination of a cylindricaltapering body having a flattened side at the large end, said body beingof substantially the same length on the upper side as on the lower side,a blade secured to the flattened side and projecting slightly beyond theedge of the body, and handles at opposite ends of the body; and myinvention consists in certain other combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2is an end view of the large Serial No. 583,651. (No model.)

end of the device; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device togetherwith the bag ap plied thereto, shown in broken lines.

Referring specifically to the drawings, A is the cylindricalslightly-tapering body. a is the flattened side thereof, B ,the blade; 0and O, the handles for manipulating the device, and D is the bag orgrain-sack shown in broken lines.

The body A is preferably made of sheet metal with its end edges turnedover hoops of wire to strengthen it. The ends of the body are parallel,or, in other words, the sides of the body are of substantially equallength, 7 y

and not cut away as scoops are. portion of the large end or mouth beingleft intact, allows the operator to grasp the hoop or the handle 0 nearit with one hand, while the other hand grasps the bag D and the handle 0at the other or small end of the body and swing the same deeply into thepile of grain and then lift the large end easily to discharge thecontents of the body into the bag to fill it at one operation.

The body is about two feet long or nearly as long as the sack, so thatif the filler is driven into the grain its full length it will contain asufficient quantity of grain to fill the bag when raised to an uprightposition above the same.

Heretofore grain bag fillers were made much shorter than the bag andcould not contain a quantity sufficient to fill the bag. Besides this,the old forms of fillers, even if increased in length, could not behandled easily or the mouth raisedwhen filled, as the upper portion wascut away, so that there was no means by which to raise the mouth. Thehandles were located back of the center, and when the scoop was raisedby them the weight of the grain at the mouth of the scoop caused thelatter to drop and discharge a considerable quantity of grain back uponthe pile, so that it was necessary to perform at least two operations inorder to fill the bag.

After the filler has been introduced into the mouth of the bag or sack,as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, it is drawn tightly around the sameand held to the handle 0 by The upper one hand of the operator, theother grasping the handle 0 or the edge of the filler if the handle isdispensed with. The filler is thus held in a natural easy position(horizontal position) by the operator, ready to be swung into the pileof grain its full length, as before explained.

The rolled edges not only strengthen the body, but allow it to begrasped firmly and help retain the mouth of the sack in place. In orderto facilitate its working close to the floor, the side is flattened, asshown, and a blade B, which projects slightly beyond the edge, isriveted to the lower side of the flat tened portion.

Having described my invention, what I

